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Burlingame STAR Scores Released, Higher Than County Averages
Burlingame students scored higher on standardized tests than the average San Mateo County student.
Burlingame students performed better than other San Mateo County students on English, math and science standardized tests, according to a California Department of Education report released Monday.
Burlingame students had higher average scores than the county average in most categories.
The Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) exams have been around since 2003. Students earn one of five levels of performance: advanced, proficient, basic, below basic and far below basic.
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State Superintendent Tom Torlakson sent out a glowing statement, touting how statewide scores in math and English-language arts have risen for the ninth year in a row.
“In less than a decade, California has gone from having only one student in three score proficient, to better than one student in two,” Torlakson said. “That’s nearly 900,000 more students reaching proficiency now than in 2003 - a remarkable achievement that represents real, sustained improvements in learning.”
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Torlakson said the achievement is even more noteworthy considering how badly California schools are struggling financially these days.
“Even more remarkable is the fact that our students continue to make gains even as our schools and the teachers, administrators and school employees working in them are getting by with so much less,” Torlakson said. “As pleased as I am by the great progress many students are making, the deep school budget cuts of recent years make it ever less likely these gains will continue.”
In language arts, history ans basic maths and sciences, Burlingame students scoring proficient or advanced were generally in the 70 and 80 percentages. Slightly lesser percentages of proficient and advanced students were achieved in the advanced math and science categories.
All charts represent the number percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced.
Language Arts
Grade Burlingame 2010-2011 Burlingame 2011-2012 San Mateo County 2 78 78 663 73 76 58
4 88 86 73
5 87 84 71
6 75 82 67
7 81 84 71
8 74 81 69
9 81 78 68
10 71 81 59
11 72 71 57
Mathematics
Grade Burlingame 2010-2011 Burlingame 2011-2012 San Mateo County 2 86 83 753 81 88 77
4 87 83 77
5 85 79 72
6 73 75 61
7 62 62 59
Advanced Mathematics
Grade Burlingame 2010-2011 Burlingame 2011-2012 Percent Enrollment San Mateo County Algebra 1 7 85 98 27.6 96
8 76 55 80.6 51
9 31 45 45.9 32
10 6 6 5.1 12 Geometry 8 90 100 14.2 96
9 79 78 40.1 67
10 39 31 25.1 23
11 16 3 10.1 9 Algebra II 9 84 100 8 81
10 72 69 50.9 58
11 21 30 30.1 21
Social Studies, U.S. History
Grade Burlingame 2010-2011 Burlingame 2011-2012 San Mateo County 8 74 80 6211 71 66 57
Science
8 72 79 72
10 69 82 60
Advanced Science
Grade Burlingame 2010-2011 Burlingame 2011-2012 Percent Enrollment San Mateo County Biology 9 83 83 78 76
10 50 40 11.4 41
11 71 58 11.3 60 Chemistry 10 63 72 64.9 61
11 20 72 17 34 Physics 11 56 55 44.8 66
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